Hatred towards social housing tenants on here getting worse.

[JenniferBooth]

And really nasty and out of control Here is one example but there have been many

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4964096-to-still-feel-slightly-bitter-about-this-inheriting-social-housing?page=1

There have been a few threads in the last week alone. Its like this is a nice safe little prejudice that the social housing haters can enjoy with no comebacks.

People going on about inherited tenancies. That can only happen once in my area.

For example, adult child lives with a parent in SH and is their carer, parent died and adult child inherited tenancy. Adult child gets into a relationship, moves partner in, married or not they live there happily for 60yrs, adult child dies. Partner can't inherit tenancy because that's already happened last time. Partner is given a months notice to leave, even though they're 80, have lived there majority of their life and are going to be street homeless.

Happens also in situations with younger people such as one parent dies and they was the tenancy holder, other parent inherited the tenancy, they had a child together and when the second tenancy holder also dies their 18yr old who lives with them still is now homeless because they can't inherit the tenancy.

SH doesn't get passed down through generations forever more.

Well if working made me lose my council house I'd not have got a job, which I wasnt forced to do as I was getting carers allowance for my son

It wouldn't be that perverse. But when you have cases of people earning six figure salaries in social housing, there really should be a sensible mechanism to move them on.

Like certain union leaders.....

There will always be people in every "category " (for want of a better word) that people will use as an example of what is good or bad in any situation.

I grew up in a council house. Working parents, solid house, great community.

My cousins grew up in a council house. Never worked, place was a tip, not nice community.

Neither are representative of everyone in social housing.

I left home, got married, bought a house, had kids. No council housing as most had been bought by then, and only areas available were places I didn't want to live.

I got divorced, moved out, ex kept house (long story).

Again, I wanted to live somewhere nice. No decent available social housing available around here, certainly not at short notice. So i private rented. Very expensive. My neighbours rent was half mine as a housing association owned their flat.

Didn't hate the neighbours. You win some etc.

Few years later, bought another house.

People just need to focus on their own lives.

"It wouldnt be that perverse"

Yeah right 🙄

This. ^ Amazing how many people are so badly educated and narrow-minded that they still think this. It's hilarious. 😆

Really @JenniferBooth we should be laughing at the haters and beraters and pitying them, not getting angry, because they are sooooooo pathetic, and sooooooo wrong in what they say.

You're right that some people on here are full of hate for folk in social housing, but it's not worth getting angry about their vitriol and bile. Just ignore them. It's because they're jealous. SUPER jealous!

Because.......... People in social housing have got affordable/reasonable rent, a tenancy for life, and repairs done when they need them - that they don't have to pay for. (But they do pay through the rent I guess,) and rent paid if they lose their job/when they retire. And despite the 'free house/everyone's on benefits' myth that some badly educated people spew out, many people in social housing DO pay rent on their property. And if some people do get the rent paid, so what?

Imagine having such a miserable life and being so unhappy that you resent people having safe, long term, affordable housing. As I said, just pity the haters. I do.

I'm a council tenant and I'm a doctor. Still wouldn't be able to afford private rent with three other mouths to feed as well as myself.

A lot of people who private rent can't afford to private rent.

@FreshWinterMorning Get your point but there has been enough publicity about so called repairs and disrepair in social housing to know that it isnt all wine and roses.

@Comedycook and @MrsGrinchmas Agreed. We have no choice but to rent privately, even though between us hubby and I only earn around £30k between us p.a. We earn "too much" to qualify for social housing but we can't afford to buy. We have three kids, two of whom are teenagers with huge appetites to feed!! We get no government support and it's so, so hard financially.

The UK requires more social housing. Cost of living is ridiculous.

More support for prisoners on MN than there is for SH tenants.

Like the prisoners who are going to be let out early?

The latest wheeze. More people who want to treat tenants like chess pieces.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/property/5290840-council-housing-query?page=1

A friend lives in SH due to domestic abuse. One of the other tenants spends a good chunk of the year in Spain because the subsidised rent means they can afford to. Another is in out and out prison but the property is kept open for them. The one that lives below my friend smokes so much weed my friend cant use her balcony on a nice day and there are mattresses and general crap all around the communal outside area.

It makes me sick when there are so many deserving people who genuinely need and would look after these properties. I know it's not everyone but it's enough.

But thats exactly what happens when ppl insist SH should only be for the most desperate. Why cant ppl see that? Its called residulisation